Berbice criminal session opens with 93 cases, mostly child sex offences

Ninety-three cases are listed for trial at the session of the High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Criminal Jurisdiction) for the County of BERBICE, which opens on Tuesday 20 October 2026 and continues on the following days. The calendar is dominated by murder, manslaughter and sexual offences against children. It was published as Government Notice No. 3180 in The Official Gazette of Guyana No. 399/2026 of Saturday 17 October 2026, over the signature of the Registrar (ag) of the Supreme Court of Judicature.

The list appears in the Supreme Court section of the gazette, at pages 3355 to 3363, under the heading “LIST OF CASES for trial at the Session of the High Court of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Criminal Jurisdiction) for County of BERBICE commencing the 20th Day of October, 2026”. Each entry carries a number, the name of the accused with any alias recorded in the form “c/d”, and the offence charged.

The Berbice calendar is overwhelmingly violent and sexual in character: 22 of the 93 entries are homicide charges, and 60 involve sexual offences, most of them committed against children under sixteen years of age.

A docket of 93 entries

• 16 entries for murder, two of them first indictments against accused who also face a second indictment: Ryan Dhanpat (attempt to commit murder) and Harrynarine Harilall (unlawful wounding).
• 6 entries for manslaughter.
• 9 entries for attempt to commit murder or wounding with intent, several of them pleaded in alternative counts.
• 11 entries for rape.
• 37 entries for rape of a child under sixteen years of age.
• 12 entries for sexual activity with a child family member.
• One entry carrying a count of robbery under arms, and a final entry carrying a second indictment with counts of break and enter and larceny and of receiving stolen property.

Multiple counts and repeated names

Several accused face more than one count within a single entry. Faraaz Baksh is listed on two counts of rape of a child under sixteen; Andrew Bhola and Iverson Junior Mendonca on three counts each; Linley Mentore on seven counts of sexual activity with a child family member.

Ravello Tyndall appears in three separate entries, at numbers 30, 41 and 77, facing counts of attempt to commit murder and felonious wounding, two counts of rape, and a further set including rape of a child under sixteen, sexual activity with a child under sixteen and sexual assault.

Other names on the list include Krystal Thomas, Ganeshwar Sheocharran, Curtis Robertson, Kevin Somrah, Mark Anthony Henry, Paul Douglas, Raj Reece, Dave Ramnauth, Pramchand Kallicharran, Haresh Persaud, Neshawn Williams, Lakeisha Garnett, Roopnarine Mangroo, Shammal Ally Mohamed, Lois Trotman, Bobby Ali, Kumar Sukhram, Winston Browne, Jason Simpson, Shemar Campbell, Aron Spencer, Richard Thomas, Dexter Richards, Lin Shibao, Loudy Prince, Ryan De Souza, Nigel Harris, Devon Jones, Vickram Kamnai, Richard Sankar, Jadon Nurse, Jermaine Joseph, Nicholas Drepaul, Pooran Bridglall, Dwight Aaron, Anthony Crandon, Arjuna Roopnarine, Kevin Wilson, Maxwell Rose, Tyrone Gilbert Sears, Neal Dookram, Eddie Dutchin, Jason Matheson, Romain Ali, Neil Fredericks, Devon Roger Frank, Calvin Armogan, Richard Giles, Joshua Drakes, Joel Nagamootoo, Delroy Parks and Satram Khuslay.

What the notice fixes, and what it leaves open

The notice fixes the opening day as Tuesday 20 October 2026 and states that the listed matters are set down for that day “and the following days”. It does not assign an individual date to any single case, so the order in which the 93 matters will actually be called remains a matter for the court as the session proceeds.

Aliases are recorded alongside formal names throughout, a detail of practical weight in a county where accused are widely known by nicknames rather than by the names on the indictment.

The publication of the calendar is the point at which the session becomes public: accused, complainants, witnesses and counsel can see from the gazette itself which matters are before the court and in what order they are numbered.

The Berbice list is the heaviest single concentration of sexual offences against children in the court calendar published in this issue, and it places 60 such matters alongside 22 homicide charges in a single session. For victims and their families in Berbice, the notice is the first public confirmation that the cases in which they are involved have been set down for trial; for the court and the prosecution, it is a workload of 93 matters to be disposed of in the weeks that follow 20 October.

Source: The Official Gazette of Guyana, No. 399/2026, 17 October 2026, Supreme Court, pp. 3355-3363 (official reference: Government Notice No. 3180).